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Marcia Zidle, a certified career strategist and business coach, works with high potential, high impact executives, managers and professionals to advance their careers and grow their leadership capabilities. [Read more ...]
Are You Ready For a Promotion?
I’ve had my current job in accounting for a little over two years. I’m very good at my job to the point where some of my colleagues and friends are urging me to go after a management position. Having confidence in yourself and your abilities is essential to getting ahead. It helps to establish trust, respect and […]
Five Career Killers For High Achievers
Why is it so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied than they should or could be? If you’re a high achiever, then you’re used to winning and you’re accustomed to turning out remarkable performance. But what happens when you’re in over your head or find yourself in hot water with your boss […]
Getting A New Boss: How To Make It Work!
Your old boss is leaving and a new boss is arriving to take his or her place. So, what’s going to happen now? Does this mean that you’ll also have to change your job? Or is this an opportunity to make a great first impression and potentially change the direction of your career? Some people […]
What Is Your Career Orientation?
A career is more than a job, more than a sequence of jobs, more than luck or happenstance. It may be altered by fortune or misfortune but at least for most people it has a sense of direction. Basic talents, values, and motives have an impact when decisions are made about careers. To help you […]
Is It Time To SWOT Yourself?
Do you have career ambitions but you’re not sure how to achieve them? Are you feeling stuck, unsatisfied in your present job? Or you just want to get a better sense of where your next career move should be? Then it’s time for a career check-up. One easy way to do this to get away from the […]
Emotional Intelligence: Do You Have It? Part 2
For anyone who wants to advance in their career, emotional intelligence (EI) is essential for success. How would you rate yourself? According to Daniel Goleman, who helped make the idea of EI popular, there are five main elements of emotional intelligence. Part 1 focused on these three: self awareness, self regulation and motivation. Here are […]
Emotional Intelligence: Do You Have It? Part 1
For anyone who wants to advance in their career, emotional intelligence (EI) is essential for success. After all, who is more likely to succeed – a leader who shouts at his team when he’s under stress or a leader who stay in control and calmly assesses the situation? According to Daniel Goleman, who helped make […]
I’m Back: Making a Smooth Return to Work After an Absence
Let’s face it: life happens. We get sick, we care for aging parents, we have babies or we go back o school. All of these are important and at times necessary situations to take time off from work. However, returning to work after a long absence can be challenging for you, your boss and even […]
Are You Professional? Here’s How to Find Out
We all know that it’s essential to be professional if we want to be successful in the workplace. But what does “being professional” actually mean? What is professorial behavior? For some, it might mean dressing smartly at work or staying late until the job gets done. For others, it means having advanced degrees or other industry-related certifications […]
Ready to Take the Plunge into Self-Employment?
Have you ever thought of starting your own business or becoming self-employed? Almost everyone has wanted to be his or her own boss at some point in a career. But what does it actually take to make a success of it? And is it really the route that you should take? If you’re seriously considering […]